Custodians of the Internet - Platforms, Content Moderation, Hidden Decisions That Shape Social

What happens when tools that Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms use to curb trolling and ban hate instead censor the conversations you need to hear? An award-winning expert on social media offers a rare look into how social media platforms police their content and the effects their policies have on public discourse.

About the author

Tarleton Gillespie is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research New England and an affiliated associate professor at Cornell University. He cofounded the blog Culture Digitally.

Summary

A revealing and gripping investigation into how social media platforms police what we post online—and the large societal impact of these decisions

Product details

• Authors: Tarleton Gillespie, Gillespie Tarleton
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780300261431
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26143-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Information technology industries, Social networking, Social media / social networking, Ethical Issues: Censorship, COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech